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Jan 16, 2025 | 
barbend.com | Mike Halpin
From its humble origins as a wad of cash ($500 each, to be exact) that passed from Dave Castro’s hand to James “OPT” Fitzgerald and Jolie Gentry in 2007, the CrossFit Games prize purse has grown significantly to around $3.3 million in both the 2023 and 2024 seasons. The top prize for the Fittest Man and Fittest Woman on Earth was $315,000 in these seasons. Over the past 14 years, the prize purse has been supported by title sponsors like Reebok and NOBULL.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
barbend.com | Mike Halpin
The path to the CrossFit Games is as constantly varied year over year as the workouts at your affiliate. From the early days when athletes just had to get to Aromas, CA, and put their names on a clipboard to the “D’Hondt Method,” we have seen many variations over the last 17 seasons. And that continues to be true for 2025.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
barbend.com | Mike Halpin
Following the announcement of the conclusion of its third-party investigation into Lazar Ðukić’s death at the 2024 CrossFit Games, CrossFit HQ today revealed some details about the 2025 Games season structure, including a few big changes. For planning purposes at the affiliate level, the most important information in this announcement are the dates of the 2025 CrossFit Open.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
barbend.com | Mike Halpin
As we approach the end of the year, rumors have been circulating about what the 2025 CrossFit Games season will hold, both for everyday athletes and elites. Here’s what we’ve heard.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
barbend.com | Mike Halpin
For the last two seasons, the CrossFit Games team has released a Worldwide Ranking (WWR) based on its own scoring system. The last update to the WWR was on June 5, 2024, shortly after the conclusion of the Semifinals. Along with the last top 100 women and men that the CrossFit Games team released in the early summer, they also released a points matrix for the Semifinals and for the CrossFit Games. The current official WWR and the points matrix can be found here.
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May 23, 2024 | 
barbend.com | Mike Halpin
With additional writing by Joe Genetin-Pilawa. The first week of the 2024 CrossFit Games Semifinals kicked off in Décines-Charpieu, France, at the LDLC Arena. Seven thousand spectators watched live, while tens of thousands more tuned in on the CrossFit Games YouTube channel. In the middle of all the action, a series of events involving athlete Rebecka Vitesson has again placed the topic of injuries in CrossFit competition under the microscope.
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Mar 28, 2024 | 
bfriendlyfitness.com | Mike Halpin |Barclay Dale |Patrick Clark
Image Credit – Athlete’s Eye PhotographyA light week of competition after the conclusion of the three-week CrossFit Games Open put all eyes on the Spring Beach Brawl in Pensacola, Florida. It’s at this high-level competition that we found this week’s “Friend of the Week”. Brian Huynh is this week’s recipient for the week of March 20-27, 2024 after his performance as a member of a team on the picturesque beaches of Pensacola.
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Mar 20, 2024 | 
barbend.com | Mike Halpin
Editor’s Note: “The Open Report” is a multi-part series by Mike Halpin that breaks down the current CrossFit Open registration numbers and examines their historical context. You can read the previous installments here and here. The 2024 CrossFit Open is officially closed!How was it? Did you hit your goal or come up short? Did you make the 25-percent cut for Quarterfinals? If yes, are you planning to register for Individual or Age Group Quarterfinals starting on April 17?
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Mar 13, 2024 | 
barbend.com | Mike Halpin
Days until the 2024 CrossFit Open: -14!Days until the 2024 CrossFit Quarterfinals: 34Do you remember that day? I remember mine. I started CrossFit in my garage, as many people may have, in 2020 after my local YMCA shut down. I picked up random workouts to do from Instagram. By the end of 2020, I signed up for Mayhem Athlete programming, had watched all the Games documentaries and Behind the Scenes, and was excited for my first Open.
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Mar 5, 2024 | 
barbend.com | Mike Halpin
Editor’s Note: “The Open Report” is a multi-part series by Mike Halpin that breaks down the current CrossFit Open registration numbers and examines their historical context. You can read the previous installments here and here. The 2024 CrossFit Open workout 24.1 is done!So, how did it go? Did you repeat it over the weekend or Monday afternoon? How’s your lower back? Does the mushroom clue make any more sense?
